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Not So Fast, Max – A Rosh Hashanah Visit with Grandma

March 28, 2021 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

Not So Fast, Max – A Rosh Hashanah Visit with Grandma

The only thing I like better than visiting an apple orchard is reading a book that takes me there. And, when recipes are included, I know it’s a book for me. NOT SO FAST, MAX – A Rosh Hashanah Visit with Grandma By Annette Schottenfeld (author) and Jennifer Kirkham (illustrator) Kalaniot Books Picture book for […]

Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Celebrate, Farm Fresh, Food, picture books Tagged With: Annette Schottenfeld, Apple picture books, family traditions, Jewish children's books, Not So Fast Max, Rosh Hashana picture book

A Challenge! Vivien Kirkfield’s 50 Precious Words Contest Vivien Kirkfield’s 50 Precious Words Contest

March 6, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 3 Comments

A Challenge! Vivien Kirkfield’s 50 Precious Words Contest Vivien Kirkfield’s 50 Precious Words Contest

  I love a challenge so when I read about Vivien Kirkfield’s 50 Precious Words Contest, I was intrigued. Based on a challenge Bennet Cerf gave to Dr. Seuss to write a story using only 50 unique words, (he came up with Green Eggs and Ham) writers are challenged to write a 50-word story. It’s […]

Filed Under: Books, Food, picture books Tagged With: Benjamin and Tulip By Rosemary Wells, One Watermelon Seed by Celia Lottridge, The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli, Vivien Kirkfield’s 50 Precious Words Contest

Field Trip – Feeling Fallish

October 31, 2016 By Claire Annette Noland 3 Comments

Field Trip – Feeling Fallish

It doesn’t seem possible that October is over. I have been traveling most of the month and I am happy to announce that I experienced my first real fall. Fall in Southern California is marked by high temperatures and hot winds known as the Santa Anas. This increases the risk of fire so we pray […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Field Trips, Food, Places Tagged With: Apple Pie Cider Float Recipe, Applesauce Weather, Bella's Coat, Every Autumn Comes the Bear, fall books, Robert Frost, The Pumpkin Mystery, Vermont Country Store

Beatrix Potter is 150 – It’s Time for a Party!

July 28, 2016 By Claire Annette Noland 10 Comments

Beatrix Potter is 150 – It’s Time for a Party!

When people see my collection of Beatrix Potter’s little books beginning with The Tale of Peter Rabbit, they say “I remember these books,” “These were my favorite childhood books,” or “I loved ____________.” (fill in with Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddleduck, or another favorite character.) This year marks the 150th birthday of this beloved […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Food Tagged With: Beatrix Potters 150th Birthday, The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Field Trip Notes: Staycation Edition

June 30, 2016 By Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

Field Trip Notes: Staycation Edition

Looking back over my calendar I realized that I didn’t travel at all during the month of June. I am always going somewhere so this seemed really odd. I guess you could call it a stay-cation. First of all, the Kings River water was released from the dam. Since we have been in a drought […]

Filed Under: Books, Family, Farm Fresh, Field Trips, Food, Places Tagged With: Apricot Blueberry Upside Down Cake recipe, Berry Lady Farm Store, Bocce Ball, Kingsburg - things to do, Kingsburg Library, Peter in Blueberry Land, Staycation

Bon Appetit! Happy Birthday to Julia Child

August 15, 2015 By Claire Annette Noland 5 Comments

Bon Appetit! Happy Birthday to Julia Child

Many years ago, I was walking at sunrise on beach near Santa Barbara when I chanced upon a tall lady holding a mesh sack. She stopped to chat and I realized immediately that I was talking with the famous chef, Julia Child. She happily opened her sack and showed me mussels she had collected. She […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Farm Fresh, Field Trips, Food, Places

Peach Pleasure – Kid Lit (and recipes)

July 7, 2015 By Claire Annette Noland 13 Comments

Peach Pleasure – Kid Lit (and recipes)

It is harvest time for stone fruit! I walk most mornings with the dogs and have been captivated by the trees dripping with fruit. We are experiencing a horrific drought here in Central California but the farmers aren’t giving up. Take a look at these peaches coming soon to a fruit stand or farmers market […]

Filed Under: Books, Farm Fresh, Food, Places Tagged With: children's books about peaches, easy peach recipes, easy peach salsa recipe, From Pit to Peach, James and the Giant Peach, Peach and Blue, peach books, Peach Boy, peach frozen yogurt recipe, Peach Heaven, peaches

W is for Washington D.C.

April 27, 2015 By Claire Annette Noland 10 Comments

W is for Washington D.C.

Welcome to Day 23 in the A to Z Blog Challenge where we post in alphabetical order during April. My blog theme for the month is Read the World with Kid’s Books. W is our letter of the day so we are heading to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue which is, of course, the address for the […]

Filed Under: Books, Citizen Science, Farm Fresh, Field Trips, Food, Places Tagged With: a to z blog challenge, First Garden: The White House Garden and How It Grew, Gardening, Michelle Obama, Read your world, Washington D.C.

G is for Ghana… and Goldilocks!

April 8, 2015 By Claire Annette Noland 14 Comments

G is for Ghana… and Goldilocks!

To be honest, before today, I didn’t know exactly where Ghana was located or much about this African nation. I love to read variants of folk and fairy tales and have collected many versions of familiar stories. So, I was thrilled to discover this wonderful book. The Ghanian Goldilocks. By Dr. Tamara Pizzoli (author) and […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Food, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: African children's literature, children's books set in Ghana, F is for Fufu, Fufu, Ghana, Goldilocks variants, Phil Howell illustrato, Tamara Pizzoli author, The Ghanaian Goldilocks

A- a reader’s field trip to Australia

April 1, 2015 By Claire Annette Noland 21 Comments

A- a reader’s field trip to Australia

What’s not to like about Australia? Some of the coolest animals in the world live there, the beaches are beautiful, and many of the best children’s books are set in the land down under. In fact, my favorite children’s book is from Australia: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge By Mem Fox (author) and Julie Vivas (illustrator) Picture […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Food, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: a to z april challenge, Australian children's books, Australian Food in children's books, Field trip to Australia, Possum Magic by Mem Fox, Read your world, read your world book challenge, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox

Celebrate Pi Day! 3.14152653

March 13, 2015 By Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

Celebrate Pi Day! 3.14152653

When you live with a math fanatic March 14th is a big day. And, this year it looks like it will be the best ever! It is Pi Day and we are going to celebrate. I first learned of Pi day from my daughter Mee Mee who loves all things math. Since we enjoy all holidays […]

Filed Under: Adoption, Books, Celebrate, Citizen Science, Farm Fresh, Field Trips, Food, Inspirations, Multicultural Children's Books, Places, Uncategorized Tagged With: 3.1415, Albert Einstein's Birthday, I Am Albert Einstein, Pi Day, Pi Day Bracelet, Pi Day Crafts, Pizza Pi, Ugly Pie

A Season of Lights

December 13, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

A Season of Lights

Not only is it 12-13-14 but it is also the feast day of Santa Lucia, the patron saint of light. We celebrate most holidays and Santa Lucia Day is one of our favorites. It is interesting that a young martyr from Italy has become the center of a Swedish holiday. It is fitting, however that […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Field Trips, Food, Places Tagged With: Kingsburg, Kingsburg Festival of Lights, puff pancake recipe, Puff Pancakes, Santa Lucia Celebration

Nuts for Nuts!

November 11, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

Nuts for Nuts!

When autumn arrives, most people think of pumpkins and colorful leaves. Now, I like pumpkins and leaves as much as anyone but around here are other signs of the season. I’m thinking of nuts! When I first moved to California’s Central Valley I was amazed to drive past mile after mile of walnut trees. Our […]

Filed Under: Books, Farm Fresh, Field Trips, Food Tagged With: Acorns Everywhere!, Central California walnuts, Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg, children's nut books, fall books, nut books, nuts, Nuts to You!, walnut harvesting, walnuts

Lost in Translation – Chinese style

September 5, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

Lost in Translation – Chinese style

Getting around China was interesting since I don’t speak the language and certainly can’t read it. Things became even more interesting when we started reading signs that had been translated into English. The creativity of the translators is amazing or else the Chinese – English dictionary was written with a sense of humor.     […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Food, Places Tagged With: Chinese menu translations, Chinese translations, Dear Deer, Eats Shoots & Leaves, Great Wall of China Signs, odd Chinese signs

Best Blueberry Books

July 24, 2014 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

Best Blueberry Books

July is Blueberry Month and the next best thing to eating blueberries is reading about them. On my top 10 best picture book list is Blueberries for Sal. This classic, written by Robert McClosky in 1948, follows Little Sal who is “helping” her mother to pick blueberries which will be canned for the winter. On […]

Filed Under: Books, Farm Fresh, Field Trips, Food

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